Butter refrigerator



May 28, l929 J. D. PoLETls 1,714,727

y BUTTER REFRIGERATOR Filed April 19, 1926 1' i In John D. Pole fis.

' 61u01 new Patented vllay E8, 151259.

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Application led April-19, 1926'. Serial No. 103,011.

The present invention relates to Lbutter refrigerators especially adapted for use in hotels, lunch rooms, etc. and its primary ob-y Vjectis to preserve the butter in a relatively solid and sanitary condition at all times.-

Another object of this invention is to provide a: refrigerator insulated in an especial manner and so formed that a cooling agent,

such as'ice, is employed to effectively cool the butter without coming in contact therewith.

A further object of. the invention is to provide a butter refrigerator in which the butter carrying drawers are'so'arranged that they do not come in contact with the refrigerator but are spaced therefrom at all points'so as to permit free and uninterrupted circulation of air around the drawers.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description of the present preferred form of the invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein Y Fig. 1 is a frontelevational view of a butter refrigerator constructed in accordance with the present invention; f Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof;

and Y v Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction ofthe arrows.

The refrigerator constructed in accordance with the present invention consists of a cabinet e which may be of any desired shape and size and constructed from any suitable material. The cabinet is preferably supported by legs 5 in order to space the cabinet from the floor or other supportingl base. The cabinet includes an inner shell 6 preferably made of metal and spaced from the inner faces of the outer shell so as to accommodate an insulating material 7 composed of cork or the like. The front end of the inner shell 6 is cut away for a purpose hereinafter set forth. A pair of partitions 8 are mounted in the inner shell the rear marginal edge of each of which abuts the inner wall of the shell 6 while the outer marginal edge engages the inner face of the body or outer shell of the cabinet. The lower marginal edge of each of the partitions'A isv snugly engaged with the bottom of the inner shell. In this way compertinents 9 are provided adapted for the reception of a cooling agent, such as ice. Each of these 'compartments is provided with a suitable closure 10. It will be noted that each of the partitions 8 is provided at its lower end with an opening 11 which permits water, resulting from the melting of the ice, torfiow into a basin 12 fori'nedfin the bottom. of the vcabin t from which the water vmay be removed through an outletfaucet 13.

Mounted between the partitions' 8 .are a series of shelves 14 each of which is secured to Vand supported by the inner Vshell V6-of` the partitions 8,.' i ,Thes'helves are appreciably between. .Oney drawer is mounted on each -shelfja'nd is so constructed-that is does not comel in contact Vwith theshelfwhichsupports it or with any part-fof thev cabinet.k This A is accomplished by having the outer shell of the cabinet extended beyond the inner faces of the partitions 8, as indicated at 16, so that when the drawer is inserted it is held midway between the partitions 8. Furthermore, the front of each vdrawer is provided with a panel 17 which limits inward movement of the drawer preventing Contact of the inner end of Y. the drawer with the shell 6.` In addition the vthereof areso formed that they not only limit inward movement of the drawers but inaddition act as an air sealwhen the drawers are in a closed position'. as illustrated in Fig. 3. rl"he sides of the drawers are frictionally engaged by the extended portions 16 of the outer shell of the cabinet not only to space the drawers from the partitions 8, as abovev set forth, but also to make an air tight connection as far as possible. By this construction, air is permitted to constantly circulate completely around the drawers and the butter is preserved inthe desired state of refrigeration and protected from contamination by dirt, vermin or the like.

It is apparent that numerous changes may be made in this device within the scope of the appended claims.

Th at is claimed is vspaced so as to accommodate drawers 15-there- 'K 1. Ar butter refrigerator including inner ,y

and outer shells equipped with an interposed heat insulating material, said shells having registering openings inone side thereof, partitions mounted in the inner shell each` of which impinges against the rear wall of the inner shell and projects forwardly into engagement lwith the outer shell near the openn ing of the latter, the marginsof said outer Yshell extending beyond the inner faces of i' said partitions, shelves mounted between said registering openings in` onel side thereof, partitions mounted in the inner shell, one margin Y of each of which is engaged with the inner face' ofthe inner shell and `the V.opposite margin engaged with 'the inner face'of the outer shell near the opening ofthe latter, the margins of said outer shell extending beyond the inner faces 0f said partitions, said partitions abutting the marginal edge of the inner shell at the opening of the latter to provide icereceiving compartments between the partitions and inner shell, shelves mounted between and snugly engaged with the inner shell and partitions, drawers slidably mounted on said shelves, the outerfaces of the sides of which engage the margins of the outer shell at the opening of the latter to space the sides of the drawers from the partitions, the

lowermost shelf being spaced from the botf tom of the inner shell to provide a compartment communicating withv the ice compartments to permit the passage of water from the icecompartments into the compartmentbeneath the lowest shelf.

s In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. i JOHN DEMETRIUS 'POLETIS 

